Daniel Goldsmith wrote:
o Which module needs to be loaded? I have loaded msdos and vfat, but the system still says that the fat32 is not supported by the kernel.
FAT32 is called vfat all though Linux world. mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /mnt/windows
o Why were the dos/win filesystem supports removed from Sarge's kernels?
They aren't, as far as I know. Being a module doesn't prevent the kernel accessing them; AFAIK the modules will be loaded automatically when mount attempts to mount a vfat partition.
Even modularised, the fact is that it remains a command-line post-configuration step for someone who may not have the experience required to do it and, consequently, will become disillusioned.
That would be a case of not autodetecting the existing windows partitions and setting up /etc/fstab for them - not a lack of kernel support.
I've no idea if Sarge tries to do that at all; I haven't had Windows installed on any of my PCs for a couple of years.
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